Jury Pool Profile

Nicholas County, Kentucky

Republican +49 (2024)

Population: 7,655
Median household income: $53,616
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,393 96.6%
Black or African American alone 76 1.0%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 9 0.1%
Two or more races 177 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 78 1.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.9

Under 18 1,854 24.2%
18–24 622 8.1%
25–44 1,933 25.3%
45–64 1,968 25.7%
65 and over 1,278 16.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; -0.15 pp vs. state
County GDP: $130.6M; 0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay: $36,536
Establishments: 124

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 141 14.8%
Education & health services 140 14.7%
Manufacturing 132 13.8%
Leisure & hospitality 59 6.2%
Professional & business services 54 5.7%
Other services 30 3.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.5%
Median gross rent: $654
Owner-occupied: 1,964
Renter-occupied: 781

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,319 votes cast

Republican 2,451 73.8%
Democratic 824 24.8%
Other / third-party 44 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 63 0.9%
German 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,745
Family households: 1,822; 66.4% of households
Married w/ children: 1,356
Single-mother households: 149
Veterans: 202; 3.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

41.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,968 26.1%
Mainline Protestant 917 12.2%
Black Protestant 152 2.0%
Catholic 90 1.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.8%
With a disability: 21.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 9.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 18th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 1 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction; civil amount-in-controversy > $5,000); District Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. Vintage 2026 kycourts.gov; shaded-bench counts per Wikipedia 'Kentucky Circuit Courts' judge-count map, with the three '6 or more' circuits (16th Kenton, 22nd Fayette, 30th Jefferson) hard-pinned to 6, 9, and 23 respectively per Wikipedia footnote 4. Mid-range single-county metro and exurban-cluster circuits are conservative midpoints; verify against KRS § 23A.040 before relying on exact counts.)
Court seats: Carlisle, Cynthiana, Falmouth, Mount Olivet

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 34.48 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023